EDH Optimizer
Bosco, Just a Bear
Legendary Creature — Bear · 4G
Color identity: Green
Bosco, Just a Bear is green: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
When Bosco enters, create a Food token for each legendary creature you control. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
{2}{G}, Sacrifice a Food: Put two +1/+1 counters on Bosco. He gains trample until end of turn.
Reference price of the card: €0.68
Average lands in decks for Bosco, Just a Bear: 37
+1/+1 CountersFoodLegendsTokensArtifactsActivated AbilitiesAggroEquipment
Build your Bosco, Just a Bear deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for Bosco, Just a Bear 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average Bosco, Just a Bear deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: B (69/100)
- Consistency85
- Speed58
- Interaction26
- Resilience75
- Closing100
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 37 lands (12 nonbasic, 25 Forest)
Peregrin Took · Academy Manufactor · Gilded Goose · Elanor Gardner · Night of the Sweets' Revenge · Tireless Provisioner · The Cabbage Merchant · Sol Ring · Unlucky Cabbage Merchant · Jaheira, Friend of the Forest · Many Partings · The Earth King · Revive the Shire · Nuka-Cola Vending Machine · Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender · Trail of Crumbs · Emerald Medallion · Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma · Beast Within · Stew the Coneys · Cultivate · Giant Opportunity · Heroic Intervention · Bumi's Feast Lecture · Spider-Ham, Peter Porker · Ninja Pizza · Tough Cookie · Creeping Crystal Coating · Meriadoc Brandybuck · Ayula, Queen Among Bears · Spider Food · Wilson, Refined Grizzly · Doubling Season · Campsite Cuisine · Heaped Harvest · Pawpatch Formation · Return of the Wildspeaker · Rampant Growth · Garruk's Uprising · Surrak and Goreclaw · Welcome to Sweettooth · Galadriel, Gift-Giver · Killer Service · Nature's Lore · Quina, Qu Gourmet · Bristlebud Farmer · Llanowar Elves · Lembas · Bugenhagen, Wise Elder · Halsin, Emerald Archdruid · Feasting Hobbit · Arcane Signet · Feasting Troll King · Kodama's Reach · Reki, the History of Kamigawa · Displaced Dinosaurs · Flopsie, Bumi's Buddy · Second Harvest · Michelangelo, the Heart · Idol of Oblivion · Instant Ramen · Nature's Claim · The Shire · Gingerbread Cabin · Rogue's Passage · Reliquary Tower · Castle Garenbrig · Mosswort Bridge · War Room · Boseiju, Who Endures · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Oran-Rief, the Vastwood · Ba Sing Se · Myriad Landscape
🃏 Recommended cards for Bosco, Just a Bear
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Bosco, Just a Bear, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Peregrin Took | 86% | +83% |
| Academy Manufactor | 76% | +74% |
| Elanor Gardner | 74% | +73% |
| Gilded Goose | 75% | +72% |
| Night of the Sweets' Revenge | 73% | +72% |
| The Cabbage Merchant | 71% | +70% |
| Unlucky Cabbage Merchant | 68% | +66% |
| The Shire | 70% | +65% |
| Gingerbread Cabin | 66% | +62% |
| Jaheira, Friend of the Forest | 65% | +60% |
| Many Partings | 61% | +59% |
| Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender | 59% | +58% |
| Revive the Shire | 60% | +58% |
| Trail of Crumbs | 59% | +58% |
| Nuka-Cola Vending Machine | 59% | +58% |
| Tireless Provisioner | 72% | +55% |
| Stew the Coneys | 53% | +53% |
| The Earth King | 61% | +52% |
| Giant Opportunity | 50% | +50% |
| Bumi's Feast Lecture | 49% | +48% |
| Spider-Ham, Peter Porker | 49% | +47% |
| Tough Cookie | 48% | +47% |
| Creeping Crystal Coating | 47% | +47% |
| Ninja Pizza | 48% | +47% |
💰 The best cards for your Bosco, Just a Bear deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Peregrin Took
- Gilded Goose
- Night of the Sweets' Revenge
- Unlucky Cabbage Merchant
- The Shire
- Gingerbread Cabin
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Academy Manufactor
- Elanor Gardner
- Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
- Ninja Pizza
- Galadriel, Gift-Giver
- Reki, the History of Kamigawa
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- The Cabbage Merchant
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
- Campsite Cuisine
- Doubling Season
- Parallel Lives
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Bosco, Just a Bear
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Lotus Cobra → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Peregrin Took + Nuka-Cola Vending Machine → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite tapped Treasure tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Nissa, Resurgent Animist → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
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Frequently asked questions
What is Bosco, Just a Bear's color identity?
Bosco, Just a Bear is green: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Bosco, Just a Bear come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Bosco, Just a Bear deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 37 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 4.4 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 99 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 16 % of the time and floods 11 %. Deck health: B (69/100).
How many lands should a Bosco, Just a Bear deck run?
Real Bosco, Just a Bear decks run 37 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Bosco, Just a Bear?
The three highest-synergy cards are Peregrin Took, Academy Manufactor, Elanor Gardner. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Bosco, Just a Bear decks.
What combos does Bosco, Just a Bear have?
Bosco, Just a Bear has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Bosco, Just a Bear deck cost?
You can start cheap: Peregrin Took, Gilded Goose, Night of the Sweets' Revenge are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.